4m; U.K.
Director: Chris Kasrils
Synopsis: Living wage fight of rail and tube cleaners in UK
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Coal Mining and the Black Lung Movement (2008)
U.S.
Synopsis: Three-part documentary of a political movement called the Black Lung Movement, centered in southern West Virginia. The DVD has three separate films on it – “Black Lung: A History (MSHA), News coverage of 1960’s Black Lung Movement, and “Reflections” which is a history of MSHA and federal government agencies over the decades that worked on protecting miners.
Contact: Richard Hanna, District Director U.S. Department of Labor ESA/OWCP/DCMWC Charleston Federal Center – Suite 110 500 Quarrier Street Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Commercial: (304) 347-7100 Toll-Free (800) 347-3749 Hanna.Richard@dol.gov
Coal Ties: Yellow Springs to Meigs County (2008)
23m; U.S.
Director: Carl Reeverts
Synopsis: Independent filmmaker Carl Reeverts documents the struggle in Yellow Springs, Ohio and neighboring Meigs County to stop the construction of more coal-fired power plants.
Contact: Carl Reeverts at carl.reeverts@gmail.com
Coal Wars: The Battle in Rum Creek (1991)
29m; U.S.
Director: Kathleen Foster
Synopsis: In the tradition of Harlan County, USA, this documentary looks at the role women played in the 1989-90 coal strike in the Southern Appalachian coalfields. The location is Dehue – Logan County, WV. The miners and their wives are fighting one of the most intense battles since the 1920s. Clips from other films made about that era, along with photographs, are used to illustrate the conclusion – namely that “its workers again’ bosses…forever!”
La Commune (Paris, 1871) [2001]
345m; France
Director: Peter Watkins
Cast: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux and Bernard Bombeau
Synopsis: A miniseries following children, women, shopkeepers & nuns reveal fascinating historical detail of the 1871 Paris Commune by sharing their opinions of the political climate.
Communist Rallies in Michigan (1930?)
20m; U.S.
Director: Workers Film and Photo League
Synopsis: Depression-era film of Communist Rallies in Michigan
Comuna Under Construction (2010)
94m
Director: Dario Azzellini
Synopsis: In more than 30,000 Consejos Comunales, Venezuelan inhabitants decide on their concerns collectively via assemblies. The film follows these developments in building worker control throughout the hillside of the shantytowns of Caracas and the vast and wet plains of Barinas in the countryside.
Contact: Wiener Str. 14 b 10999 Berlin Germany Tel.: 0049-30-61288162 Fax: 0049-30-61288162 Mobile: 0171/4156176 Mobile in Venezuela: 0058-412-6180009 Mobile Italia:0039-3335972988 Mail: dnapress@gmx.net
Comrades (1987)
183m; U.K.
Director: Bill Douglas
Cast: Keith Allen, Dave Atkins and Stephen Bateman
Synopsis: The story of “The Tolpuddle Martyrs”. A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
The Courage of the People (El Coraje del Pueblo) [1971]
90m; Bolivia
Director: Jorge Sanjinés
Synopsis: Dramatic reconstruction of 1967 massacre of striking Bolivian tin miners.
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1935)
80m; France
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: René Lefèvre, Florelle, Jules Berry
Synopsis (IMDB): A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police’s description. His name is Amedee Lange, he murdered Batala in Paris. His lady friend Valentine tells the whole story : Lange was an employee in Batala’s little printing works. Batala was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers of Valentine’s laundry… One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. But the plot is less important that the description of the atmosphere just before the Popular Front government.
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